1. These were the 2d Cavalry Division, white, in July 1942, and the 2d Cavalry Division, colored troops, in February-May 1944. To avoid confusion in understanding further references to the number of divisions activated and made available for combat, it should be added that three divisions were activated overseas—the Americal Division in New Caledonia in May 1942 and 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions in Hawaii, February 1921 and October 1941 respectively. Eighty-eight divisions, therefore, were activated in the Zone of Interior. One of the two cavalry divisions mentioned was inactivated in the United States, the other after shipment overseas, in the Mediterranean Theater. Accordingly, the total number of divisions prepared for combat and shipped to theaters by the Army Ground Forces was 87.

109. On 30 June 1944 there were 456,032 POR-qualified enlisted men in Zone-of-Interior assignments. (Tabulation of A-1 Rpts on Util of Manpower Board on Physical Capacity, WD Gen Council Min(S), 4 Sep 44, p. 5). On that date other figures were as follows (Strength of the Army, (S), 30 Jun 44, p. 16):